Supermarkets and drugstores in Japan have experienced shortages of toilet paper on jitters the product will follow face masks in selling out amid the spread of coronavirus in the country. The “panic buying” on Friday came despite an industry body’s request for people to stay calm. “As we have sufficient supplies, there will be no shortages of toilet paper as long as panic-buying ceases,” said Kazuhiro Goda, a director of the Japan Tissue Industry Association. At a drugstore in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward, toilet paper initially stocked on shelves was gone shortly after the opening Friday. The shelves were cleared again within five minutes after restocking around noon, according to a sales staffer. (Photo shows empty toilet paper shelves in a drugstore in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.) Motohiro Tanaka, a customer at the store, visited three nearby drugstores and a supermarket, only to come up empty-handed. “I feel as though I […]